To save lives, California must end war on vaping

As millions of smokers across California readied their New Year’s resolutions on December 31 to kick their deadly habit for good, bureaucrats at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had, well, other plans.
The federal agency announced a ban on flavored, disposable vaping pods (other than mint and tobacco), making it more difficult for smokers to quit cigarettes and embrace e-cigarettes, which are 95 percent safer than combustible tobacco products according to leading medical bodies. And